[FRIAM] hot time in town tonight

[Prof David West]

It does not.

The data "came to me" in that it was in something else I was reading for purpose; I did not seek it out. At the same time, I was reading headlines about "burn it down before they can vote," or "Hell no! By any means possible," or "the time for talk and politics is past." This , in turn, generates scenarios that would have been inconceivable yesterday.  

I often feel like the character Benny Noakes in a John Brunner novel> He is out of his mind on hallucinogens, sits in front of a TV watching the news and constantly utters the phrase, "Christ, what an imagination I've got."  All this "stuff" is so weird, so extreme, it beggars explanation or sense making — it must be my imagination.

A bit of Marcus's fatalism, 'people gonna do what they do', some vestige of I told you so,  no pleasure.

davew


On Sat, Sep 19, 2020, at 5:20 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
> And why does this give you pleasure?

>  

> Nicholas Thompson

> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

> Clark University

> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com

> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

> 

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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Prof David West
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 19, 2020 4:41 PM
> *To:* friam at redfish.com
> *Subject:* [FRIAM] hot time in town tonight

>  

> Epoch Times Big Data Report August 2020

>  

> Gun sales up 133% over same three month time frame of 2019.

>  

> 12 % of registered Democrats bought guns this period

> 19% of Republicans

> 22% of those ages 18-29

> 21% Black

> 32% Union Members

> 19% Urbanites

> 19% of those earning over $200K/yr

> 1.8 million guns sold in July alone

> more than 423 million fire arms owned by civilians

> 18 million AR-15 in circulation *(personal comment — probably just as many illegal full auto kits)*

> gun to people ration 5/3

>  

> That's the gasoline. RGB replacement will be the spark.

>  

> davew

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